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Piffle’s ABC Book 

OF 

Funny Animals 


Twenty-six Illustrations 


✓ 


PHILADELPHIA 

HENRY ALTEMUS COMPANY 





Copyright, 1919 
By Howard E. Altemus 





JUL -3 1919 


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PIFFLE’S ABC BOOK 

OF 


FUNNY ANIMALS 


A Stands for Ape, sitting 
High in a tree, 
Where he is knitting a 
Sweater for me. 


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B Stands for Bruin, 

The great, clumsy bear, 
Climbs to a tree-top 
If honey be there. 



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Stands for Camel, 

Who loves the hot 
clime; 

Goes without drinking 
Ten days at a time. 


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D Stands for Deer 

The most graceful of 
all; 

See how he jumps 
O’er the old waterfall? 


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E Stands for Elephant, 
With a small eye; 
Eats almost everything. 
Trumpets when dry. 


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Stands for Fox 

With a large bushy 
tail ; 

Dogs like to chase him 

O’er hill and o’er 
dale. 


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Stands for Gorilla, 
Enormously strong; 
When hunters see him 
They don’ t tarry 
long. 


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Stands for Hippo, 
Who stands in the 
Nile; 

Wears a loose skin, 
and 

An expansive smile. 


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I Stands for Ibex, 

I’m a wild goat, you 
see ; 

High in the Alps, 

They are hunting for 
me. 


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Stands for Jaguar, 

That comes from Bra- 
zil; 

Climbs trees and eats 
monkeys, 

And rarely is still. 


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K Stands for King-Fisher, 
Who dives for the 
fishes; 

And always secures 
The ones that he 
wishes. 


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Stands for Lion, 

That loudly doth 
roar; 

Making sounds like 
great thunder, 
When hungry for 
gore. 


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Stands for Mammoth, 
An Elephant? No| 
Mammoths had wool 
And all died years 
ago. 


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Stands for Natter-jack, 
Some call it Toad, 
Don’t you hear it cry, 
“ glook-glook,” 
Out there in the 
road? 


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Stands for Ostrich, 
That eats every- 
thing; 

Its feathers are worn, 
On bonnets each 
spring. 


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Stands for Pig, 

And I’m sure you’re 
agreed, 

That no introduction 

This glutton will 
need. 


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Stands for Quail, 

And Bob-white is 
my name ; 

The Partridge, some 
call me, 

And hunt me for 
game. 


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Stands for Rhino, 
With horn on his 
snout, 

I fancy he’s thinking 
Of dinner no doubt. 


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Stands for sheep, 

That were lost, you 
all know, 

By little Bo-Peep, 

A long while ago. 


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Stands for Tiger, 

A terrible beast; 

His eyes are on Jocko, 
He hopes for a feast. 


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Stands for Unicorn, 
Fabled of old, 

The horn on its head 

Made it fierce to 
behold. 


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V Stands for Vi-cun-ya 
In Chile they roam; 

On the high snowy 
mountains 

They’re completely 
at home. 


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Stands for Wolf, 
You must watch, 
or he’ll bite; 
He’s often seen 
prowling 

In the forests at 
night 


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Stands for Axis, 

A Deer, spotted 
white ; 

Some call it “hog- 
deer,” 

And hunt it at night. 


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Stands for Yak, 

.It is covered with 
hair, 

Long, soft and silky, 
For lace that is rare. 


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Z Stands for Zebra, 

The last in the show; 
He’s covered with 
stripes, 

Like a jail-bird, you 
know. 


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The Tale of Peter Rabbit 
How Peter Rabbit Went to Sea 
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Peter Rabbit's Christmas 


These dear little books for dear little 
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every nursery in the land. 

Each with numerous illustrations in 
color. 

Price 50 Cents per Volume. 


PHILADELPHIA 

HENRY ALTEMUS COMPANY 


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